Dapingfangornis Explained

Dapingfangornis was an enantiornithean bird. It lived during the Early Cretaceous and is known from fossils—including a complete skeleton—found in the Jiufotang Formation in Liaoning province, People's Republic of China. Small to medium-sized, it had a sternum with both long and short lateral processes, and a unique thorn-like process on its nares.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Li Li . Ye Duan . Dongyu Hu . Li Wang . Shaoli Cheng . Lianhai Hou . 2006 . New Eoenantiornithid Bird from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Western Liaoning, China . Acta Geologica Sinica . 80 . 1 . 38–41 . 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2006.tb00792.x . 2006AcGlS..80...38L .